# TR 'warmup' portion of workouts are killing me

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**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/tr-warmup-portion-of-workouts-are-killing-me/81193 "2023-02-18T14:41:45Z")\
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@abeckstead77 I also need around 20 minutes to warm up. I often extend the first part of the warm up and manually increase power from 50-70 or 75% in 5% increments every three minutes. I then hit the threshold / VO2 section of the TR warmup, recovery, and am ready to begin.

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